Motif Ties: novelty ties without the stigma

These animal motif ties are screen printed onto the silk in an all-over geometric design that from a distance, makes it look like you’re wearing a conservative pattern, but up close, the discerning viewer will see the subject matter. Now you can wear a ‘novelty tie’ without the stigma!

Whether you’re a ‘sandgroper’ from Western Australia and fancy donning the swan, find yourself relating to the power, strength and steadfastness associated with the seahorse, or just like the colour of the tie, there’s a motif tie perfect for you.

Printing Motif Ties

For those of you unfamiliar with the business of cravatology (design motifs), it is an incredibly involved process, with the intricate patterns requiring many man hours of work. Apprentices undertake many years of apprenticeship to be able to master the art of screen printing on silk. Firstly, the artisans have to separate the individual colours and then one by one, they use ‘screens’ to cover and uncover the specific areas of the design to be printed. Each colour of ink has to be separately applied to the silk; It has been likened to doing a jigsaw puzzle in reverse.

They say that birds of a feather flock together, so start shopping the latest collection of animal motif ties now!